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is done in acrylic on canvas, 46.3 x 38.2 inches, this work is a depiction of one of Rocío
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Maldonado was the eldest child of eleven children. She discovered her interest in art at the early age of ten, her father was not a big supporter of her love for art or her aspirations to pursue art as a career, but her mother was. At the age of 12, she is enrolled at the
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work is acrylic and collage on canvas, 71.5 x 55.88 inches. This work is a depiction of five objects a doll, flower vase with white lilies, a human heart, one single red rose, and a white classical sculptural head. The title of the painting suggest that you are looking at a depiction of two sisters
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female body, addressing social, political, and cultural issues. She is known for using various mediums, including papier-mâché dolls, wood, paint, gesso wax, and fabric. Maldonado's extensive education took her from Mexico to Sweden, India, Israel, and Spain. Some of her notable artworks include
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the Greek goddess of love. The collocation of these two images is meant to raise the questions of “hierarchies of race, standards of beauty…the sacred and profane, purity and sexuality.” The use of the doll also conveys the idea of societal ideas of women having no autonomy only being deemed as
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Izquierdo, depict feminist concerns and challenge cultural ideals of womanhood. Maldonado's artistic style has evolved over time, with her primary focus being the
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Mexican culture subject matter. Ultimately, the themes addressed in her artworks fit into the art movement of the 1980s Neo-Mexicanismo which show a variety of Mexican beliefs throughout a variety of artistic depictions during this time. By 1995, she moves to
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Maldonado established her career and rose into the art world in the 1980s during the Neo-Mexicanism movement. Her works are a depiction of feminist concerns that challenge cultural ideals on womanhood. Often times her work is compared to that of
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dolls, wood, paint, gesso wax and fabric. The palette she commonly uses other than black and white are ochre, to resemble earth, and red, to resemble blood, the two colors together in her work are symbolic of “corporeality and spirituality.”
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and resided there for about eight years. She continued to experiment and work there, in Sweden she begins to draw influence by figurative art while at community college, Konstskolan Basis. Once again, she packed up and traveled to
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517:"Aspects of Contemporary Mexican Painting". Americas Society, New York, NY, U.S.
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